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A thorough guide to the synthesis, properties of both lanthanide-based and triplet-triplet annihilation-based upconversion nanomaterials and their diverse applications.
List of contents
Chaper 1. INTRODUCTION FOR PHOTON ENERGY CONVERSION IN PEROVSKITE PHOTOVOLTAICS
1.1 The Growing Global Energy Crisis and the Role of PVs
1.2 Emergence of Perovskite Photovoltaics
1.3 Challenges in Spectral Response and Photon Management of Perovskite Photovoltaics
1.4 Photon Management Strategies: Addressing Energy Losses in PSCs
1.5 The Scope of This Work
1.6 Structure of the Book
Chapter 2. UC FOR LIGHT SPECTRUM EXPANSION IN PEROVSKITE PHOTOVOLTAICS
2.1 UC intergrated in electron transporting layers
2.2 UC intergrated in hole transporting layers
2.3 UC intergrated in perovskite photoactive layer
2.4 UC applied outside device structure of PSCs
2.5 Chapter Summary
Chapter 3. DOWN-CONVERSION/DOWN-SHIFTING FOR HIGH-ENERGY UV UTILIZATION IN PEROVSKITE PHOTOVOLTAICS
3.1 Basic in Down-conversion/Down-shifting improved solar cells
3.2 REs-based DC phosphors
3.3 Semiconductor oxides
3.4 Organic fluorescent materials for DS in PSCs
3.5 Nanocrystals or quantum dots
3.6 Carbon materials
3.7 Chapter Summary
Chapter 4. SURFACE PLASMON RESONANCE FOR LIGHT-HARVESTING IN PEROVSKITE PHOTOVOLTAICS
4.1 Basic mechanisms in surface plasmon resonance
4.2 Metals nanostructures
4.3 Metal@Dielectric composites
4.4 Metal alloys
4.5 Other nanostructures
4.6 Chapter summary
Chapter 5. TANDEM STRUCTURE FOR OPTICAL COMPLEMENTARITY IN PEROVSKITE PHOTOVOLTAICS
5.1 Working Principle of tandem solar cells
5.2 All-perovskite tandem solar cell
5.3 Perovskite/organic tandem solar cell
5.4 Perovskite/quantum dot or Perovskite/dyes tandem solar cell
5.5 All-perovskite triple-junction solar cells
5.6 Perovskite/Perovskite/Perovskite triple-junction solar cell
5.7 Perovskite/Perovskite/Silicon triple-junction solar cell
5.8 Perovskite/Perovskite/Organic configurations triple-junction solar cell
5.9 Chapter summary
Chapter 6. TEXTURING FOR LIGHT-TRAPPING IN PEROVSKITE PHOTOVOLTAICS
6.1 Texturing on glass or transparent conductive oxide
6.2 Electron transport layers with periodic nanostructures
6.3 texturing of perovskite films
6.4 interface between the hole transport layer and the metal back electrodes
6.5 Chapter summary
Chapter 7. ANTI-REFLECTION FOR PHOTON RECYCLING UTILIZATION IN PEROVSKITE PHOTOVOLTAICS
7.1 Anti-reflection in incident side
7.2 Anti-reflection in tandem solar cells
7.3 Anti-reflection for colorful PSCs
7.4 Chapter summary
Chapter 8. LUMINESCENT SOLAR CONCENTRATORS FOR LIGHT CONCENTRATION
8.1 Introduction to Luminescent Solar Concentrators
8.2 Challenges and Innovations in LSC Efficiency
8.3 Pb-based perovskite Nanocrystals in LSCs
8.4 Pb free-perovskite nanocrystals in LSCs
8.5 Chapter summary
Chapter 9. CONCLUSION AND PERSPECTIVES FOR PHOTON ENERGY CONVERSION IN PEROVSKITE PHOTOVOLTAICS
9.1 Conclusion
9.2 Perspectives
About the author
Cong Chen received his Ph.D. degree from Jilin University in 2019 under the supervision of Prof. Hongwei Song. In July 2019, he joined Hebei University of technology (HEBUT) as an associate professor. He is the youngest special-term "Yuanguang scholar" in HEBUT. His main research interest is the design of solar cells with high efficiency.
Hongwei Song received his Ph.D. degree in Condensed Material Physics from Changchun Institute of Physics, Chinese Academy of Science (CAS) in 1996. From 1996 to 2000, he worked as a postdoctoral researcher in Institute of Physics, CAS, Nagoya Institute of Technology, and University of California at Berkeley, respectively. Since 2007, he works at Jilin University as a full professor. He has published over 300 scientific papers and two book chapters. His research interests focus on spectral physics of rare earth ions, optoelectronics, and its applications.
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A thorough guide to the synthesis, properties of both lanthanide-based and triplet-triplet annihilation-based upconversion nanomaterials and their diverse applications.
